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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:42 AM Original message |
Would the Chimp indeed be arrested if he set foot in a foreign country? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. "...does he bypass Customs and Immigration?" |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. He would likely be flying private jet, not commercial |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. I really don't know |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. An Interesting Question, Sir |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. They'll Know Ahead Of Time That He'd Be Arrested |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "But daddy, why CAN'T we go to the French Riviera?" |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Agreed. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. Actually he might be more limited than even that |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. what makes you think * would be going to another country? |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. he wasn't that is why he doesn't know |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. you don't need to travel the world to respect other cultures /nt |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. No, they can't arrest him |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Please read the OP |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. If you mean when he's the former president.... |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Please provide a link to support your claim |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Dude, it's not my research, it's yours |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. here ya go: |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Thanks, but it appears that in both cases... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. While the Appeals court didn't rely on the District Court holding, it didn't overturn it |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. You're missing one vital point... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. that's quite an overstatement |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Actually it doesn't matter either way |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. And when all else fails, there's Wikipedia :-) |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. SS protection ends after 10 years. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yes indeed |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Didn't Carter decline his after awhile? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Bush will be the first President that will NOT receive lifetime SS protection. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. There is nothing in international law that provides permanent diplomatic immunity. |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. so Milosevic was arrested ... how? |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. How did they bypass that with Pinochet's arrest? nt |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Pinochet wasn't the President of the most powerful country |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Nor is the Chimp, in the scenario in the OP |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I noted it. It doesn't matter. |
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Meiko (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Thank God |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Better read the OP again. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yes, by all means... |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. Let Him Try |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. Would Saddam Hussein have had diplomatic immunity |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. He wouldn't had even been allowed into the country. |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. It will never happen |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. President Obama sending carrier fleets to Spain or France or Canada |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. being an former President of the US trumps everything |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Not quite |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Heh. Agreed. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. And I'm not as sure as you seem to be |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. You should be more sure. ALthough it would never come to military intervention |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Thanks for telling me how I should be thinking |
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Growler (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. I can't imagine any of the countries actually considering |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I can imagine it quite easily. I've been to several of them. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. You nailed it. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. There isn't a country out there that would even try. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Is that because we are better than anyone else? |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
56. The world isn't fair. Never has been, never will be. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. I only hope so. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Chimp is above the law. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
57. Not until he's a private citizen again... |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Yes, that would be... |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
58. I would hope not. |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Enlighten us, please |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I would hope NO US President gets arrested |
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kay1864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Maybe you should read up on the International Court of Justice |
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Super Soaker Sniper (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I know about it |
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